Case: Proof is in The Rice pudding Charge: Recipe used challenged Dear Odd Readers! Just because it was happening in my mind does not make it any less real! That is my defense and I am sticking to it. Guilty?? Fine. My rice pudding post was purely fictional. I was playing make-believe, pretending to be a … Continue reading Rice Pudding Defense

August 9, 2011: Rice Pudding Day Food of the Day for a Year Goal Day #34 Despite the fact that rice pudding didn’t excite me, I decided to go all out and try my best to make a Rice Pudding I would be proud to show off, share and dine on! I decided to make … Continue reading Proud of my Rice Pudding!

August 8th, 2011: Zucchini Day Food of the Day for a Year Goal Day: #33 Every morning, seven days a week, since June 2009, I have posted El Morno as my Facebook status at around 5:45 a.m. It started out as just a simple El Morno. Facebook friend Cynthia would then comment, and we would … Continue reading Musing: Zucchini Day & Facebook El Morno

August 7th, 2011: Raspberry and Cream Day Food of the Day for a Year Goal Day: #32 I’m cleaning the bar area of my house right now, and we have an abundance of crème liqueurs. We moved into the house Joe grew up in, and the bar was mostly stocked by Joe’s dad over the … Continue reading Musing about Raspberries and Crème Liqueurs

August 6th, 2011: Root Beer Float Day Food of the Day For A Year Goal Day: #31 After Friday’s International Beer-Oyster Day, I was thrilled to see root beer floats show up on our Food-of-The-Day calendar. I just love root beer floats and drink them every day during the summer cocktail hour. Okay, once in … Continue reading Musing Root Beer Floats and Hookers

August 5th, 2011: Beer and Oyster Day! Food Of The Day For A Year Goal Day: #30 On the way to pick up Cole from computer camp, I stopped to buy Oysters to celebrate today’s food of the day. Before I left the store, I asked the fishman to put the oysters in a bag … Continue reading Oyster Cole Muses

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Noon-o! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ August 6th ★~ Today’s Quote:  Ricky Ricardo: Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do! ★~ Wiggle Your Toes Day: Others have their theories about why this day was created. I have mine. If you are in a coma right this minute and have become attached to living a life in … Continue reading Celebrating: Root Beer Floats, Wiggle Your Toes, Mustard Day

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ August 5th ★~ Quote: “I will not eat an oyster. I want my food dead. Not sick, not wounded, dead." --Woody Allen ★~ Today is Oyster Day: Slimy, ugly-looking bottom feeders that taste SO good! It's time to celebrate these hard-on-the-eyes bottom dwellers because it's NATIONAL OYSTER DAY! It’s a … Continue reading Celebrating Beer and Oyster Day

August 4th,2011: Today is Lasagna Day! Food Of The Day For A Year Goal Day: #29 Sendie Lou dropped by with this wonderful Raspberry Buttermilk Cake today. Would you like a piece with a cuppa to enjoy while we muse about lasagna? Joe made Lasagna most years for Cole’s birthday. It went something like this: … Continue reading Musing about Joe’s Lasagna

Food Of The Day For A Year Goal August 5th,2011: Watermelon Day Day: #28 Cole and I celebrated Watermelon day with one of the best watermelons we have eaten all season. It was sweet, juicy and delicious. Emily told me that her family devoured their watermelon with such enthusiasm that she did not have time … Continue reading Musing about Our Food of the Day Goal and Watermelon Day